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The Children's Commissioner for Wales, Rocio Cifuentes, said school attendance remained "a big problem" as the number of children missing more than 10% of their schooling had doubled since the pandemic.

The pair had completed schooling while behind bars and worked to start rehabilitation programs for disabled and elderly inmates, along with incarcerated individuals suffering with trauma, he said.

There are many models of schooling and education that exist outside of the formal public school system.

"Six months ago we paid for Ava's schooling and travel and now the taxpayer pays for both," Sarah told Politics North.

Many parents wanted a more central location so that pupils in the south of the island would no longer have to travel by ferry to Oban for schooling and stay in hostels during the week.